[etni] Re: fog
- From: maxinetz <maxinetz@xxxxxxx>
- To: bnirenberg@xxxxxxxxx, smurinson@xxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 23 Feb 2010 18:31:24 +0200
Now YOU'VE hit the nail on the head, Bari. It doesn't. Teaching the
HOTS in no way prevents you from "talking about literature" with your
students in the same way you've always done, and yes, all the HOTS do is to
add another dimension. Some people here have eagerly pounced on
Phyllis's posting as more "proof" of what is wrong with the HOTS program,
whereas the truth is that the program does in NO WAY dictate specific
interpretations of literature!! That is just nonsense. You are supposed
to "infuse" a HOTS or two into the piece of literature that you are
teaching, but nowhere in the program is it stated that that you have to
subscribe to a certain literary interpretation. How could it be? Every
teacher chooses her/his own literature! Whether or not teachers like
Phyllis's poems is completely irrelevant to the issue of HOTS.
Regards,
Maxine Tsvaigrach
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Of Bari Nirenberg
Sent: Tuesday, February 23, 2010 4:18 PM
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Subject: [etni] Re: fog
I have read this thread in total bewilderment. How does teaching HOTS
prevent you from having a creative dialogue with your students? I honestly
don't see the connection at all. Having to teach a HOTS along with a poem
does add another dimension, but it doesn't mean that you can't be creative
or talk about the literature or do any of the things you've been doing all
along.
I have taken the HOTS course and I, too, had to work with those two poems.
To be honest, I didn't particularly like either and I probably wouldn't
teach them, but I don't have to, nor do I have to teach any other specific
piece of literature.
I didn't completely understand the original letter, nor have I understood
most of the replies, but maybe my brain is just fried from marking too many
Bagrut exams, so if someone would like to clearly explain what the problem
is (not ALL the problems with the HOTS literature program, but the problems
that were related to in the original post), I'm listening.
Bari
On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 15:51, sima murinson <smurinson@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Dear Phyllis,
> I think your letter has hit the nail on the head - it states so clearly
why
> people who really enjoy teaching literature because it gives them tools to
> have a creative dialogue with their students, disapprove of HOTS. As Dr.
> Doron Narkiss so wonderfully put it :
> " Let's not squash the fun out of lit. by piling HOTS on top."
Best,
> Sima.
>
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